2018年山东大学翻译硕士英语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)

2018年山东大学翻译硕士英语真题试卷 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. Vocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. Writing

Vocabulary

1． Although in his seventies at the time of the interview, Picasso proved alert

and insightful, his faculties ______despite the inevitable toll of the years.

A．atrophied

B．diminished

C．intact

D．useless

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查形容词辨析。intact意为“完整无缺的，未受损害的”；atrophied意为“(器官或身体部位)萎缩的，衰退的”；diminished意为“减少了的，被贬低的”；useless意为“无用的，无价值的”。分析句子结构可知，空格所在句是独立主格结构，空格处所填的词是用来说明his faculties的性质或状态的，故答案为[C]项。

2． While the 1940s are most noted for the development of black modern dance,

they are also______ because they were the last gasp for tap dancing.

A．irrelevant

B．unfounded

C．significant

D．speculative

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查形容词辨析。根据while…noted…also判断，所填形容词与noted(著名的，知名的)近义。significant(显著的；重要的)符合语义，故答案为[C]项。irrelevant意为“不相关的，不切题的”；unfounded意为“无事实根据的，没有理由的”；speculative意为“推测性的，猜测性的”。

3． People who take mega doses of vitamins and minerals should take care:

though beneficial in small quantities , in large amounts these substances may

have______effects.

A．admirable

B．redundant

C．intangible

D．toxic

正确答案：D

解析：本题考查形容词辨析。though beneficial提示，所填形容词意思与

beneficial相反或相对。四个选项中，符合语义的只有toxic(有毒的，由有毒物质引起的)，故答案为[D]项。admirable意为“令人钦佩的，极其出色的”。redundant意为“多余的，累赘的”。intangible意为“(性质或感受)难以描绘的；无形的”。

4． The number of black hawks has ______ because the encroachments of

humans on their territory have caused them to shun their customary breeding places.

A．dwindled

B．extrapolated

C．increased

D．multiplied

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查动词辨析。根据原因状语从句“人类对其领地的侵占致使它们避开了惯常的繁殖地”判断，黑鹰的数量减少了，dwindle((数量上)减少，缩小)符合语义，故答案为[A]项。extrapolate意为“推断，推知”；increase意为“增加，增长”；multiply意为“(使)倍增，(使)大大增加”。

5． Although Britain’s film makers often produce fine films, they are

studiously______and rarely aim at a mass market.

A．commercial

B．viable

C．derivative

D．elitist

正确答案：D

解析：本题考查形容词辨析。根据空格前的studiously(刻意地，成心地)和空格后的“很少瞄准大众市场”判断，所填词的含义应与“大众市场”相反或相对，elitist(精英主义的，精英论的)符合语义，故答案为[D]项。commercial意为“商业的，贸易的”。viable意为“(想法、计划或方法)切实可行的”。derivative意为“衍生的；复制的”。

6． MacDougal’s former editors remember him as a cantankerous man

whose______and exhaustive reporting was worth the trouble.

A．meticulous

B．pretentious

C．supercilious

D．garbled

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查形容词辨析。分析句子可知，所填词与exhaustive(详尽的，全面的)并列修饰名词reporting，故meticulous(极其关注细节的，一丝不苟的)符合语义，答案为[A]项。pretentious意为“自以为是的，自我炫耀的”；supercilious意为“高傲的，傲慢的，目中无人的”；garbled意为“(陈述或报告)含混不清的，混乱的”。

7． The opossum is______the venom of snakes in the rattlesnake subfamily and

thus views the reptiles not as lethal enemies but as a food source.

A．vulnerable to

B．conscious of

C．impervious to

D．sensitive to

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查短语辨析。根据and后的内容“不把爬行动物看作敌人，而是食物来源”判断，负鼠不受响尾蛇亚科蛇的毒液影响，be impervious to(不受……影响)符合语义，故答案为[C]项。be vulnerable to意为“易受……，易于……”；be conscious of意为“意识到，察觉到”；be sensitive to意为“对……敏感”。

8． Breaking with established musical conventions, Stravinsky

was______composer whose heterodox works infuriated the traditionalists of his day.

A．a derivative

B．an iconoclastic

C．an uncontroversial

D．a venerated

正确答案：B

解析：本题考查形容词辨析。根据定语从句“异端作品激怒了他那个时代的传统主义者”判断，斯特拉文斯基是一位敢于打破传统的作曲家，iconoclastic(<思想、意见、著作等>反传统观念和习俗的)符合语义，故答案为[B]项。derivative意为“衍生的；复制的”。uncontroversial意为“无争议的”。venerated意为“受尊敬的”。

9． A code of ethics governing the behavior of physicians during epidemics did

not exist until 1846 when it was ______ by the American Medical Association.

A．rescinded

B．promulgated

C．presupposed

D．depreciated

正确答案：B

解析：本题考查动词辨析。根据did not exist until 1846可知，这部道德准则以前没有，直到1846年之后才有的，选项中，只有promulgate(颁布实施，公布(新法律等))符合语义，故答案为[B]项。rescind意为“废除，取消，撤销”。presuppose意为“以……为前提，预先假定”。depreciate意为“贬低；贬值，跌价”。

10． China will continue to______to control population growth and improve the

living standard of Chinese people.

A．stride

B．contrive

C．strive

D．stripe

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查动词辨析。strive意为“努力，力争”，strive to do sth．与will continue to的语义能够衔接，故答案为[C]项。stride意为“大步走”；contrive意为“成功做到，设法做到”，contrive to do sth．相当于manage to do sth．，与will continue to的语义不衔接；stripe作动词，意为“用条纹做标记或装饰”。

11． The critics were distressed that an essayist of such glowing______could

descend to writing such dull, uninteresting prose.

A．obscurity

B．ill-repute

C．shallowness

D．promise

正确答案：D

解析：本题考查名词辨析。根据distressed(苦恼的，悲痛的)以及空格后的dull，uninteresting prose(枯燥、无聊的散文)判断，空格所填的词应表示这个散文家很优秀、很有前景，故promise(<有好结果或成功的>迹象，征兆)符合语义，[D]项为答案。obscurity意为“晦涩，难以理解的事”；ill-repute意为“坏名声”；shallowness意为“肤浅，浅薄”。

12． Famous in her time and then forgotten, the 17th-century Dutch painter

Judith Leyster was______obscurity when, in 1993 , the Worcester Art Museum

organized the first retrospective exhibition of her work.

A．resigned to

B．rewarded with

C．rescued from

D．indifferent to

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查短语辨析。根据Famous in her time and then forgotten(那个时代很出名，然后被遗忘)和空格后的obscurity when，in 1993判断，荷兰画家朱迪斯-雷斯特在1993年又出名了，rescue from(被救出，摆脱)符合语义，[C]项为答案。